CME Group Announces Record Open Interest of 123 Million Contracts

CHICAGO, March 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced it set a total open interest record of 123.1 million contracts on March 9, 2017, driven primarily by strong open interest in the interest rates complex. The new record surpassed the previous open interest record of 122.7 million contracts set on Dec. 15, 2016. 

CME Group offers the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, helping businesses everywhere mitigate the complex risks they face in today's uncertain global economy.  For more information about CME Group, please visit www.cmegroup.com.

As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk.  Through its exchanges, CME Group offers the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals.  CME Group provides electronic trading globally on its CME Globex platform.  The company also offers clearing and settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives through its clearinghouses CME Clearing and CME Clearing Europe.  CME Group's products and services ensure that businesses around the world can effectively manage risk and achieve growth.

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